Experimental Sound Studio has been assisting boundary-pushing artists since 1986. It provides studio services, opportunities to perform and show work, events that facilitate dialogues between artists and audiences, and archiving resources for avant-garde and exploratory music materials that might otherwise be lost. This year’s ESS gala fund-raiser has a twofold purpose: to help finance upgrades […]
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Reader announces Sujay Kumar as print managing editor
Previously of the Daily Beast and Fusion, culture and investigative reporter Sujay Kumar has been hired as managing editor for the print edition of the Reader. “The Reader has a rich history of doing two things I love: investigative work and culture reporting,” Kumar said. “I can’t wait to join the staff in Bronzeville and […]
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Anthony Cheung has turned foghorns and out-of-tune piano into a Guggenheim Fellowship
Award-winning composer Anthony Cheung presents a new viola concerto at this weekend’s Ear Taxi Festival.
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A presidential library pop quiz—only in the Reader!
A real quick multiple-choice test: Why did the Obamas delay their presidential library announcement until after the April 7 mayoral runoff?
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Can North Lawndale win the Obama Presidential Library when the other team won’t play by the rules?
Team UIC goes up against Mayor Rahm’s team U. of C. in a series of public hearings.
Posted inNews & Politics
Trying to make separate equal
“By one means or another, our schools will be integrated,” federal judge Julius Hoffman said of Chicago schools in 1962. It was wishful thinking.
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Sanford Biggers manifests a new destiny with Ago
With Ago, artist Sanford Biggers manifests a new destiny.
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In the Blood: Two Generations of New Music
Ramon Zupko wanted Mischa to be just about anything but a composer like him. Guess what?
